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Serial Killers: The Case Of The Zodiac Killer

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I Think that some of this serial killers are getting caught because some of them drag about what they did and they like the attention from the media as if it is a trophy. I agree with you there are some that are still coming up with ways get away with murdering there was case of the "Zodiac Killer" who was never caught and he would find ways to get away with murder he even wrote letters to the media explaining how much he enjoy killing people and all the satisfaction he was getting from killing.

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